The Mazda 787B Group C racing car demonstrates the distinctive sound of its 2.6-liter four-rotor R26B engine. Wearing its ...

The Wankel rotary engine offers one of the most unique sounds of any ICE. Most famously used in various legendary Mazdas like the RX-7 and the supposedly banned Le ...

If there is one universal truth in the automotive community, it is that rotary engines are completely unhinged pieces of ...

Ah, the Wankel rotary engine. The Dorito-spinning engine configuration is perhaps one of the coolest, and financially most terrifying, bits of automotive engineering. Best known for its appearance in ...

The piston engine may be the most common type of internal combustion engine found in consumer automotive vehicles. That doesn't mean it's the only option drivers have ever had access to. In the 1960s, ...

Rather than letting the rotary engine die, Mazda reframed the Wankel as a lightweight EV generator—keeping its iconic legacy ...

Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro expressed interest for a rotary engine with two rotors. Moro thinks that this range-extender setup would be suitable for the US market. In another Mazda patent for a hybrid, ...